When He Called It His First Child

Selena Walker once deeply loved her husband, Adrian Grant. But after their marriage, Adrian cheated on her repeatedly, always believing that no matter how far he went, Selena would never truly leave him. Three years ago, Selena’s father passed away. To fulfill his final wish and wait for the Walker Group family trust and several major projects to complete a three-year stabilization period, she temporarily remained in the marriage. During that time, she discovered she was pregnant. On the day she gave birth, Selena nearly died from complications, while Adrian was attending a weekend market with his mistress, Lillian Moore. From that moment on, Selena gave up on him completely. She raised their son, Eli, on her own, while Adrian remained unaware that he had already become a father—even when Eli turned two. The moment the three-year period ended, Selena immediately began preparing for divorce. At the same time, Lillian became pregnant, and Adrian proudly announced at his mother’s birthday banquet that this would be his “first child.” Everyone expected Selena to lose control, but only she knew that Adrian’s real first child had already been born two years earlier. Selena kept the truth to herself and instead handed him divorce papers in public, first securing arrangements for property division and moving out, while planning to proceed with the formal divorce and legal declaration of their minor child once the necessary safety arrangements were in place. After the divorce agreement was signed, Lillian unexpectedly discovered Eli. Through a private kinship screening from a clearly documented source, though not legally binding, she learned that Eli was very likely Adrian’s biological son. Afraid that Eli would threaten her own child’s sole advantage in the Grant family trust, Lillian used legally permitted outdoor fireworks to stage a fire that looked like an accident, intending to kill Eli. At the scene of the fire, Selena revealed to Adrian for the first time that she ha